Food firms scramble to contain bird flu scare
By Janina C. Lim
Reporter
THE Department of Agriculture’s (DA) announcement last Friday of the country’s first avian influenza outbreak in a poultry farm in San...
Military verifying reports Maute ushering ‘elements’ inside Marawi
By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral and Kristine Joy V. Patag
Reporters
THE MILITARY on Monday said it is verifying claims that Islamic State (IS)-affiliated militants who...
BBL transmitted to Congress this week
By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral
Reporter
MALACAÑANG ON Monday, Aug. 14, announced it will submit to Congress this week the new version of the Bangsamoro Basic...
Senate passes bill voiding expiry dates on gift checks
THE Senate on Monday, Aug. 14, passed on third and final reading a bill seeking to prohibit expiry dates on gift checks, certificates or...
Overseas stores drive Jollibee Q2 earnings higher
EARNINGS of Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) jumped 18.1% in the April to June period, fueled by the growth of its stores in Southeast Asia,...
Bullish Vista Land aims to reach ‘at least P10-B’ earnings by 2018
By Krista A. M. Montealegre,
National Correspondent
VISTA LAND & Lifescapes, Inc. will grow earnings by double digits through 2018 anchored on the recovery of residential...
AGI Q2 profit falls after RWM incident
ALLIANCE GLOBAL Group, Inc. (AGI) posted a 20% drop in its attributable income in the second quarter, as a shooting incident at Resorts World...
Gov’t makes full award of Treasury bills
THE GOVERNMENT fully awarded the Treasury bills (T-bills) it offered yesterday after yields sought by banks mostly declined on the back of market preference...
AUB books P1.3-B earnings in first half
ASIA UNITED Bank Corp. (AUB) saw its bottom line reach P1.3 billion in the first six months of the year, fuelled by an expansion...
Murder suspect in Charlottesville violence faces court hearing
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- A man said to have harbored Nazi sympathies as a teenager before a failed bid to join the US Army was due...
Gov’t capacity to deliver infra projects up for review
THE SENATE’S review of the proposed 2018 Budget, estimated at P3.7 trillion, will focus on the government’s “ability to utilize the appropriations for public...
Peso ends at P51:$1 level despite BSP call for calm
THE PESO started the week at a near 11-year low, closing at the P51-per-dollar level, due to negative market sentiment amid heightened political tensions...